Even as onion exporters have demanded that the Union government raise the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) rate from the existing 1.9 per cent to 5 per cent, the Maharashtra government has officially sought a revision of the rate to 4 per cent to support farmers facing losses due to falling onion prices.
Maharashtra’s Marketing Minister Jaykumar Rawal told members of the State Legislative Council that the State government, at the Chief Minister’s level, has requested the Centre to revise the RoDTEP rate to 4 per cent. The proposal, he said, has been submitted to the Union government and is currently pending.
Rawal said the request was made with the objective of providing relief to onion farmers who are suffering losses due to price fluctuations and weak market realisations. The State government, he added, has been consistently pursuing the matter with the Centre as part of its efforts to support the onion-growing community.
